A booming economy means a bursting trauma system: association between hospital admission for major injury and indicators of economic activity in a large Canadian health region.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Injury epidemiology fluctuates with economic activity in many countries. These relationships remain unclear in Canada. METHODS:The annual risk of admission for major injury (Injury Severity Score ≥12) to a high-volume, level-1 Canadian trauma center was compared with indicators of economic activity over a 16-year period using linear regression. RESULTS:An increased risk of injured patient admissions was associated with rising mean gross domestic product (GDP [millions of chained 2002 dollars]) (.36 person increase per 100,000 population/$1,000 increase in GDP; P = .001) and annual gasoline prices (.47 person increase per 100,000 population/cent increase in gasoline price; P = .001). Recreation-related vehicle injuries were also associated with economic affluence. The risk of trauma patient mortality with increasing mean annual GDP (P = .72) and gasoline prices (P = .32) remained unchanged. CONCLUSION:Hospital admissions for major injury, but not trauma patient mortality, were associated with economic activity in a large Canadian health care region.

journal_name

Am J Surg

authors

Roberts DJ,Das D,Mercado M,Vis C,Kortbeek JB,Kirkpatrick AW,Ball CG

doi

10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.12.011

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-05-01 00:00:00

pages

653-7; discussion 657-8

issue

5

eissn

0002-9610

issn

1879-1883

pii

S0002-9610(14)00068-3

journal_volume

207

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